Nutrition Articles

As the weather cools down, we have to be careful that our motivation doesn’t as well. Is it the shorter days, the cooler weather, or covering up our bodies that dampens the motivation barometer? Probably all of the above!

Fast track to summer and we’re regretting those missed workouts and extra stodge consumed, but not this winter! This winter we will stoke the motivation fire and stay on track. Follow these six simple but effective tips to get motivated when the weather cools down. (Read More - Link to article). 

With approximately one in four Australians deficient in Vitamin D, it’s important to understand who is at risk and whether supplementation through diet or sun exposure is necessary.

Dietary beta glucans (β-glucans) are a type of soluble fibre found in the cell walls of certain mushrooms (eg reishi, shiitake, maitake), cereals (e.g. oats, barley) yeasts, seaweed and algae.

Researchers are particularly interested in β-glucans because more and more studies are identifying their significant impact on health, such as lowering insulin resistance, blood cholesterol, obesity prevention and immune boosting properties including fighting cancer. 

We hear alot about low GI eating in the media but what does it really mean? What does a low GI meal plan actually look like and is it just for diabetics or can we all benefit? To answer this we must first understand what a Low GI is. 

There’s a reason why mushrooms have been used for thousands of years in natural therapies, that’s because they are loaded with powerful nutrients that not only improve our health, but also have been shown to fight disease. Mushrooms are not technically a vegetable, but rather part of the fungi family, and are surprisingly more closely related to animals than plants (they digest their own food, lack roots, leaves and stems) and have some pretty impressive health benefits.